Country life -- England -- Fiction; Short stories, English; Working class -- England -- Fiction
=The Times.=—‘From whatever point of view we regard it, it is a
remarkable book.’
=The Athenæum.=—‘The chief interest of the book lies in the wonderful
description of the Whitechapel Jews. The vividness and force with which
Mr. Zangwill brings before us the strange and uncouth characters with
which he has peopled his book are truly admirable.... Admirers of Mr.
Zangwill’s fecund wit will not fail to find flashes of it in these
pages.’
=The Daily Chronicle.=—‘Altogether we are not aware of any such minute,
graphic, and seemingly faithful picture of the Israel of nineteenth
century London.... The book has taken hold of us.’
=The Spectator.=—‘Esther Ansell, Raphael Leon, Mrs. Henry Goldsmith, Reb
Shemuel, and the rest, are living creations.’
=The Speaker.=—‘A strong and remarkable book.’
=The National Observer.=—‘To ignore this book is not to know the East
End Jew.’
=The Guardian.=—‘A novel such as only our own day could produce. A
masterly study of a complicated psychological problem in which every
factor is handled with such astonishing dexterity and intelligence that
again and again we are tempted to think a really good book has come into
our hands.’
=The Graphic.=—‘Absolutely fascinating. Teaches how closely akin are
laughter and tears.’
=Black and White.=—‘A moving panorama of Jewish life, full of truth,
full of sympathy, vivid in the setting forth, and occasionally most
brilliant. Such a book as this has the germs of a dozen novels. A book
to read, to keep, to ponder over, to remember.’
=W. Archer in ‘The World.’=—‘The most powerful and fascinating book I
have read for many a long day.’
=Land and Water.=—‘The most wonderful multi-coloured and brilliant
description. Dickens has never drawn characters of more abiding
individuality. An exceeding beautiful chapter is the honeymoon of the
Hyams. Charles Kingsley in one of his books makes for something of the
same sort. But his idea is not half so tender and faithful, nor his
handling anything like so delicate and natural.’
=Andrew Lang in ‘Longman’s Magazine.’=—‘Almost every kind of reader will
find _Children of the Ghetto_ interesting.’
=T. P. O’Connor in ‘The Weekly Sun.’=—‘Apart altogether from its great
artistic merits, from its clear portraits, its subtle and skilful
analysis of character, its pathos and its humour, this book has, in my
mind, an immense interest as a record of a generation that has passed
and of struggles that are yet going on.’
=The Manchester Guardian.=—‘The best Jewish novel ever written.’
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 21 BEDFORD STREET, W.C.
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THE KING OF SCHNORRERS
=Grotesques and Fantasies=
BY I. ZANGWILL
With over Ninety Illustrations by PHIL MAY and Others
_In One Volume, price 6s._
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